Proverbs

Chapter 20

New King James Version

1Wine [is] a mocker, Strong drink [is] a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

2The wrath of a king [is] like the roaring of a lion; [Whoever] provokes him to anger sins [against] his own life.

3[It is] honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel.

4The lazy [man] will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and [have] nothing.

5Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out.

6Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man?

7The righteous [man] walks in his integrity; His children [are] blessed after him.

8A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters all evil with his eyes.

9Who can say, "I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin"?

10Diverse weights [and] diverse measures, They [are] both alike, an abomination to the LORD.

11Even a child is known by his deeds, Whether what he does [is] pure and right.

12The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The LORD has made them both.

13Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, [and] you will be satisfied with bread.

14"[It is] good for nothing," cries the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

15There is gold and a multitude of rubies, But the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.

16Take the garment of one who is surety [for] a stranger, And hold it as a pledge [when it] is for a seductress.

17Bread gained by deceit [is] sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

18Plans are established by counsel; By wise counsel wage war.

19He who goes about [as] a talebearer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.

20Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.

21An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning Will not be blessed at the end.

22Do not say, "I will recompense evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you.

23Diverse weights [are] an abomination to the LORD, And dishonest scales [are] not good.

24A man's steps [are] of the LORD; How then can a man understand his own way?

25[It is] a snare for a man to devote rashly [something as] holy, And afterward to reconsider [his] vows.

26A wise king sifts out the wicked, And brings the threshing wheel over them.

27The spirit of a man [is] the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the inner depths of his heart.

28Mercy and truth preserve the king, And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.

29The glory of young men [is] their strength, And the splendor of old men [is] their gray head.

30Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As [do] stripes the inner depths of the heart.

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